Monthly Archives: June 2012

After nine years AwF (UK) consolidates its activities

After the concept of Aquaculture without Frontiers was discussed at a World Aquaculture Society conference in Brazil in 2003, AwF was registered in the UK [AwF (UK)] and in the USA [AwF] and was launched by its founder, Michael New OBE, at the WAS conference in Hawaii in 2004.

Recently the trustees of AwF (UK) decided to close its charity in Great Britain in order to consolidate all the activities of our not-for-profit organisation within the international AwF. All the remaining funds of AwF (UK) were transferred to AwF in June 2012. Michael New remains the Founder and Patron of AwF, which is managed by a fifteen-member international board of directors. 

Haiti: Sustainable Aquaculture Initiative progress report

We are pleased to post the Sustainable Aquaculture Initiative progress report received from Bill Mebane at the Marine Biological Lab about the Aquaculture Learning Center (ALC) in Marigot, Haiti. According to the report, there were about 1,000 pounds (454 kg) of fish in the tanks at the end of May.

For more information about this project, please visit the updated website.

AwF, in collaboration with Novus International, has provided support to this project.

AwF (UK) financial report for 2011-2012 now available

Michael New, AwF Founder and Patron, has submitted the financial report for AwF (UK); it can be found on our Reports page or by clicking here.

AwF (UK) supported an aquaculture project in Kenya during the 2011-2012 FY and has commitments to complete financial support to projects in India and Nepal once the final project reports have been received.

Since most activities are now being carried out by Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF), the directors of AwF (UK) have agreed to wind up the charity – AwF (UK) – and route all further fund raising and project activities through AwF.

AwF (UK) income in 2011-2012 declined, as it did in the previous three financial years, partly as a result of the current recession, which affects all charities. Other causes were recorded in the report for 2010-2011.